Lightning Tree

August 23, 2014 |Photo by James Nielsen / Houston Chronicle

MFAH installs new sculpture.

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A sculpture by Italian artist Guiseppe Penone is shown during the installation of the recently acquired sculpture on the south lawn of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014, in Houston. Standing more than 36 feet tall and weighing more than 2.5 tons, "Alberto folgorato (Lightning Tree)" is bronze but was cast from an actual tree that was destroyed by lightning in Belgium.

James Nielsen/Houston Chronicle

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A sculpture by Italian artist Guiseppe Penone is shown during the installation of the recently acquired sculpture on the south lawn of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014, in Houston. Standing more than 36 feet tall and weighing more than 2.5 tons, "Alberto folgorato (Lightning Tree)" is bronze but was cast from an actual tree that was destroyed by lightning in Belgium.